Improvement in extension foot-rests for chairs



J. H. TRAVIS.

Improvement in Extensionl Foot-Rest'for Chairs. N0. 132,503. PatentedOct. 22,1872l I I I @L I/ .f

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JOSEPH H. TRAVIS,YOF CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPRCVEMENT IN EXTENSION FOOT-RESTS I-'OR CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,503, dated October22, 1872,

To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that I, JOSEPH H. TRAVIS, of Charlestown, in the county/ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedExtension Foot-Rest for Chairs; and that the. following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying plate of drawing. This invention relates more particularlyto improvements in chairs secured to nie by Letters Patent, dated June6, 1871, and numbered 115,787 and under this invention the arrangementof the front rest is greatly improved, as will be obvious from thedetail description thereof hereinafter given.

In the accompanying plate of drawing my invention is illustrated-Figure1 being a central vertical section from front to back of ch air, showingthe foot-rest as distended, and in dotted lines as under and inclosedwithin the chair-frame; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section in planeof line m a', Fig. 1 Fig. 3, a front view.

A in the drawing represents the base of chair-seat, B, thesupporting-legs, and C, the

back-frame, constructed 1n themselves with the seat and back framesupholstered in any of the usual modes and styles; D, a frame which,under the present invention, carries the foot and leg rest E of thechair. The frame D is constructed of side rails F, joined together atits two ends by cross-rounds G G2. By the end H the frame D is hung uponthe crossrod a, which is carried by the lower ends of two similardownward -projecting levers or arms, I, hung at their upper ends to thechairframe A, one upon each side of the saine. At the end K of the frameD is arranged the foot and leg rest E. This rest E is located betweenthe two side rails F of the frame D, to

and on these arms the frame D rests when it is drawn out into theposition shown in Fig. 1, or pushed in under the chair-frame into theposition shown by dotted lines, same figure. M, a cord attachment torest-frame, and passed through hole j' in front chair-rail L. This cordM has a tassel or button, glfand it is provided A for the drawing out oftherest-frame from under the chair-frame when desired to use it.

When the rest-frame D is out the cushionsurface of the rest is broughtto the upper side, but before pushing the frame D in under thechair-frame A the rest is reversed in positionthat is, its cushionedsurface is brought to the under side. This is essential for bringing therest compactly within the chair-frame.-

Having thus described my invention, I will state my claim as follows:

The frame D, composed of the side rails F F, rounds G G2, and bearingthe reversible foot-rest E, as described, and suspended upon the arms ofthe chair bythe levers I I and cross-rod ,as shown, all combined andarranged substantially as specified, and adapted to be operated by theconnection M, as set forth.

J. H. TRAVIS.

Witnesses:

F. A'. HILL, ALBERT H. BROWN.

